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Sin Takes A Holiday

by: Paul L Stein

Publication date: 1930

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Pre-Code, romance, marriage, dirvorce, marriage of convenience, contract, Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Kenneth MacKenna, social mores, morals, Pathé Exchange, talkies, early sound systems, ,

Publisher: Pathé Studios

A dowdy secretary named Sylvia Brenner (Constance Bennett) agrees to marry her rich, divorce lawyer boss Gaylord Stanton (Kenneth MacKenna) so that he can avoid a marriage to one of his regular clients. The deal is that Sylvia will get a great allowance and the ability to travel anywhere she wants. While on a trip to Paris she begins to find herself and develop into a confident, uninhibited woman. She attracts one of Gaylord's cad friends Reggie Durant (Basil Rathbone) and contemplates an "affair."

The film is a early b-studio talkie which is notable for its frank treatment of moral dilemmas and the gorgeous fashions and art-deco designs.